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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Byron G Bynum, Tempe, AZ (US);
David L Cave, Tempe, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 34 ; 357 35 ; 357 48 ; 357 51 ; 307303 ; 3072 / ; 3072 / ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit and method for biasing an impurity region, in particular an epitaxial layer, to a level substantially equal to a supply voltage level yet exhibiting a high reverse breakdown voltage to negative transients of the supply voltage. The integrated circuit and method is of especial utility in power BIMOS and other applications having the substrate at or near the supply voltage level.